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Category Archives: Marilyn Monroe

2021: A Year in Film and TV

23 Thursday Dec 2021

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction

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A Year in Films and TV, Alexandre Rockwell, Barry Jenkins, Billie Holiday, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Chase Dillon, Chloe Zhao, Colson Whitehead, David Simon, Denmark, Diana Dors, Docudrama, HBO, I Never Cry, Jane Russell, Jeanette Nordahl, Joel Edgerton, John Garfield, Lana Rockwell, Marilyn Monroe, Melina León, Nella Larsen, Passing, Perry Mason, Peru, Piotr Domalewski, Rebecca Hall, Robert Machoian, Ross Brothers, Ruth Negga, Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Song Without A Name, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, Sweet Thing, The Killing of Two Lovers, The Plot Against America, The Roads Not Taken, The Underground Railroad, Thuso Mbedu, Wildland, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Zofia Stafiej

After Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins triumphs again with his serial adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s historical fantasy, The Underground Railroad. As fugitive Cora, actress Thuso Mbedu is a guiding light, with able support from Joel Edgerton and Chase Dillon as her relentless pursuers. This small-screen masterwork is the cinematic event of the year. Continue reading →

Charles ‘Jerry’ Juroe’s Year With Marilyn

11 Monday Oct 2021

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Jerry Juroe with Marilyn at the Savoy Hotel, July 1956

Legendary movie publicist Charles ‘Jerry’ Juroe has died aged 98, Variety reports.

He was born in San Francisco, and as a child, attended an unforgettable North Beach baseball game with his father. “At that time its star player was probably better known because of his elder brother, Vince, who played in the minor league,” Juroe wrote in his 2018 memoir. “When a little boy meets a baseball player (even a sandlot level one), he is impressed only by his size and the aura of his uniform; but all my adult life I recalled with pride and awe meeting Joe DiMaggio at the very start of his storied career. To think that one day I would work in London, England, for a woman he married is a ‘bridge too far’ in anyone’s life of amazing coincidences.” Continue reading →

Donald Zec: Marilyn’s Man at ‘The Mirror’

09 Thursday Sep 2021

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals

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Donald Zec, the British journalist who covered show-business for the Daily Mirror over four decades, has died at the grand old age of 102. Continue reading →

At 95, Marilyn is Still in Bloom

01 Tuesday Jun 2021

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Art and Photography, Books, Brighton, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Updates

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Today, June 1st, marks what would be Marilyn’s 95th birthday. As the sun shines over Brighton for what seems like the first time since lockdown, this latest artwork from The Postman (based on a 1958 photo by Carl Perutz) has appeared in Queensbury Mews. Continue reading →

Marilyn Monroe: The Classic Performances

16 Sunday May 2021

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Periodicals

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“My God, I think there have been more books on Marilyn Monroe than on World War II, and there’s a great similarity.”

So said Billy Wilder, who made two classic films with Monroe – and although the great director was prone to exaggerate, he had the battle scars to prove his point. Marilyn Monroe: The Classic Performances is the latest in an ongoing series from the prolific Chris Wade – a musician and filmmaker in his own right, with an admirable DIY ethic – whose past subjects include Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren and Madonna. Continue reading →

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